[ANU Pacific.Institute] PNG events next week

[Matthew Dornan]

Dear Colleagues,

Three events on PNG are taking place next week that may be of interest (two are being co-hosted by the Pacific Institute and Devpolicy). Details below.

New approaches to tackling gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea
Event Details

  *   Start: 19 May 2016 12:30 pm
  *   Venue: Barton Theatre, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU
Anna Solomon is Secretary Community Development and leading the government response. Denga Ilave is Operations Manager for Femili PNG, the PNG NGO that runs the innovative Lae Case Management Centre. Kymberly Kepore is CEO of Oil Search Foundation, which has made gender-based violence one of its top priorities.
http://devpolicy.org/events/event/new-approaches-tackling-gender-based-violence-papua-new-guinea-2/

Economic diversification and tax reform in Papua New Guinea
Event Details

  *   Start: 18 May 2016 3:00 pm
  *   Venue: Brindabella Theatre
Sir Nagora Bogan, KBE, is Chancellor of the University of Technology, Chairman of the Papua New Guinea Tax panel of experts. He began his career with the PNG Taxation Office and during the 1980s and 1990s took a leading role in modernising tax administration in PNG. From 1991-1995, he was non-salaried Chairman of the London-based Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators and from 1996 to 2002 Papua New Guinea's Ambassador to The United States of America with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to Mexico and High Commissioner to Canada. He served as Chairman of the Nambawan Super Fund Limited for more than a decade and is a director or board member of a number of PNG and regional corporations.

http://devpolicy.org/events/event/economic-diversification-tax-reform-papua-new-guinea/

University reform in Papua New Guinea: the Unitech experience
Event Details

  *   Start: 18 May 2016 4:15 pm
  *   Venue: Brindabella Theatre
Dr Albert Schram has been Vice-Chancellor of PNG's University of Technology since 2012 (and his term was recently renewed until 2020). In 1994, Dr. Schram received his doctorate in economic history from the European University Institute (EUI). His long standing research interest is the impact of large technological systems on development, strategic management in higher education, and corporate social responsibility. From 2007, he has taken up executive roles in leading higher education institutions in Europe and the Pacific and in 2015-2016, Dr Schram is Co-Chair of the Pacific Islands University Research Network PIURN.

http://devpolicy.org/events/event/university-reform-papua-new-guinea-unitech-experience/



Regards,
Matt
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